But after a few hours in my beach bag I was disappointed to see just how cloudy and flecked with white the glass had become, I took it home with me and resolved to find a way to get it back to its former glory. And guess what the answer was... baby lotion! After a go at cleaning normally and quite a lot of google-ing I came across baby lotion and it worked perfectly – you can see the difference in the image below.
Once I’d rubbed baby lotion into all the glass pieces (yes, a slightly strange way to spend a Saturday but there we go) I sorted them into colour and then placed into the glass jar, starting with the darkest glass on the bottom. As a finishing touch I tied some string around the top.
I love how simple it is and the memories connected to it, one day I’d love a collection of jars full of things collected from our holidays – much better than tacky tourist souvenirs.
What things do you collect when on holiday?
I actually have a similar DIY in my living room that we made about 3 years ago when living by the sea!
ReplyDeleteIt's a fish bowl type vase with some sand from the beach at the bottom then lots of beach glass that we collected over time.
It's lovely when the light shines through!
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Sounds lovely! ;)
DeleteI use to have a big mason glass filled with shells, I'd love to do the same with the sea glass - i'll have to keep my eyes open when we ever head back to any of the Great Lakes - they have a tonne of the stuff on the shores!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a lovely idea, I love little details and sentimental ornaments like these that are so simple yet wonderful! I will have to do this, maybe with some other things in there too though like shells :)
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